Professor Katharine Gelber

Head of School

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

+61 7 334 69544

k.gelber@uq.edu.au

Researcher biography

Katharine Gelber is Head of the School of Political Science and International Studies, and Professor of Politics and Public Policy. Her research is in the field of freedom of speech, and the regulation of public discourse. She has been awarded several ARC, and other, competitive research grants. In November-December 2017, she was a Visiting Scholar at the Global Freedom of Expression Project, Columbia University, New York. In Dec 2017, she jointly hosted, with Prof Susan Brison, a workshop at the Princeton University Center for Human Values on, 'Free Speech and its Discontents'. In 2014, with Prof Luke McNamara, she was awarded the Mayer journal article prize for the best article in the Australian Journal of Political Science in 2013. In 2011 she was invited by the United Nations to be the Australian Expert Witness at a regional meeting examining States' compliance with the free speech and racial hatred provisions of international law. In 2009 she presented the Mitchell Oration in Adelaide on the topic 'Freedom of Speech and its Limits'. She is the author of three monographs (Free Speech After 9/11, OUP 2016; Speech Matters, UQP, 2011, Speaking Back, John Benjamins, 2002), and three edited books (incl. Free Speech in the Digital Age, OUP 2019).

Kath is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences Australia, and a former President of the Australian Political Studies Association and has served on its Executive Committee (2010-2018). She was Chair of the Local Organising Committee for the July 2018 World Congress of the International Political Science Association, Brisbane which brought 2400 political scientists to Brisbane. She is a member of the Editorial Board of the Australian Journal of Politics and History.

Selected publications:

Books

Brison, S and Gelber, K (eds) 2019 Free Speech in the Digital Age, Oxford University Press, New York.

Gelber, K 2016 Free Speech After 9/11, Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Gelber, K 2011. Speech Matters: Getting Free Speech Right, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia.

Panzironi, F & Gelber, K (eds) 2012. The Capability Approach: Development Practice and Public Policy in the Asia-Pacific Region, Routledge, London.

Refereed journal articles

Brennan, K; D Duriesmith, E Fenton and K Gelber 2022 "Gendered Mundanities: Gender Bias in Student Evaluations of Teaching in Political Science", Australian Journal of Political Science (published online 27 Feb 2022), https://doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2022.2043241.

Bowman, K and Gelber, K 2021 'Responding to Hate Speech: Counter Speech and the University', Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law, 28(3): 248-275.

Gelber, K 2021 'Differentiating Hate Speech: A Systemic Discrimination Approach', Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 24(4): 393-414, DOI: 10.1080/13698230.2019.1576006 (published online 2019).

Gelber, K and O'Sullivan, S 2020 "Cat Got Your Tongue? Free Speech, Democracy and Australia's 'Ag-Gag' Laws", Australian Journal of Political Science, 56(1): 19-34, https://doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2020.1799938.

Gelber, K 2019 'Norms, Institutions and Freedom of Speech in the US, the UK and Australia', Journal of Public Policy, online 25 June, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0143814X19000187.

Gelber, K 2019 'Terrorist-extremist speech and hate speech: understanding the similarities and differences' Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 22(3), 607-622, doi: 10.1007/s10677-019-10013-x.

Gelber, K 2018 'Incitement to hatred and countering terrorism – policy confusion in the UK and Australia', Parliamentary Affairs 71(1): 28-49, https://doi.org/10.1093/pa/gsx008.

Gelber, K 2017 'Diagonal Accountability: Freedom of Speech in Australia', Australian Journal of Human Rights 23(2): 203-219.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1323238X.2017.1363371 (Published in Special Issue: 'Democracy and Human Rights')

Gelber, K 2017 'Hate Speech – Definitions and Empirical Evidence', Constitutional Commentary 32: 101-111.

Gelber, K & McNamara, L 2016 'Anti-vilification laws and public racism in Australia: mapping the gaps between the harms occasioned and the remedies provided', University of New South Wales Law Journal 39(2): 488-511.

Gelber, K & McNamara, L 2016 'Evidencing the harms of hate speech', Social Identities, 22 (1-3): 324-341. DOI: 10.1080/13504630.2015.1128810.

Gelber, K & McNamara, L 2015 'The effects of civil hate speech laws: lessons from Australia', Law and Society Review 49(3): 631-664. DOI: 10.1111/lasr.12152.

Gelber, K & McNamara, L 2014 'Changes in the expression of prejudice in public discourse in Australia: assessing the impact of hate speech laws on letters to the editor 1992-2010' Australian Journal of Human Rights 20(1): 99-128.

Dunne, T. and Gelber, K 2014 'Arguing Matters: The Responsibility to Protect and the case of Libya', Global Responsibility to Protect 6(3): 326-349.

Gelber, K & McNamara, L 2014 'Private Litigation to address a Public Wrong: A study of Australia's regulatory response to 'hate speech'', Civil Justice Quarterly 33(3): 307-334.

Gelber, K & McNamara, L 2013 'Freedom of speech and racial vilification in Australia: 'The Bolt case' in public discourse, Australian Journal of Political Science 48(4): 470-484. [Winner of the 2014 Mayer journal article prize awarded by the Australian Political Studies Association]

Gelber, K 2013 'Secrecy provisions in Australian counter terrorism policy: violating international human rights standards?' Australian Journal of Human Rights 19(2): 25-46.

Gelber, K 2012. 'Political Culture, Flag Use and Freedom of Speech', Political Studies, 60(1): 163-179.

Gauja, A & Gelber, K 2011. 'High Court Review 2010: The Resurgence of Rights?', Australian Journal of Political Science 46(4): 683-698.

Book chapters

Gelber, K 2019 (forthcoming) 'Speaking Back', in Frederick Schauer and Adrienne Stone eds., Oxford Handbook on Freedom of Speech, Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Gelber, K 2019 (forthcoming) 'Free Speech Debates in Australia – contemporary controversies', in Helen Knowles and Brandon Metroka eds., Free Speech Theory: Understanding the Controversies, Peter Lang.

Gelber, K 2019 (forthcoming) 'Capabilities and the Law', in E Chiapperro-Martinetti, S Osmani & M Qizilbash eds The Cambridge Handbook of the Capability Approach Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Gelber, K and Brison, S 2019 'Digital Dualism and the "Speech as Thought" Paradox', in Brison, S and Gelber, K (eds) Free Speech in the Digital Age, Oxford University Press, New York.

Gelber, K & Stone, A 2017 'Constitutions, Gender and Freedom of Expression: the Legal Regulation of Pornography', in Helen Irving ed. Constitutions and Gender, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham: 463-481, DOI: 10.4337/9781784716967.

Gelber, K 2016 'Critical Race Theory and the constitutionality of hate speech regulation', in R Dixon & G Appleby (eds) The Critical Judgments Project: Re-reading Monis v The Queen, Federation Press, Sydney: 88-102.

Dunne, T & Gelber, K 2015 'Argumentation and the Responsibility to Protect: The case of Libya', in Kurt Mills and David Karp (eds) Human Rights Protection in Global Politics: Responsibilities of States and Non-State Actors, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke: 288-308.

Gauja, A & Gelber, K 2015 'The French Court' in Rosalind Dixon and George Williams (eds) The High Court, the Constitution and Australian Politics, Cambridge University Press, Melbourne: 311-326.

Gelber, K 2012. '"Speaking back" – the Likely Fate of Hate Speech Policy in the United States and Australia', in Ishani Maitra & Mary Kate McGowan (eds) Speech and Harm: Controversies over Free Speech, Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Gelber, K 2012. 'Nussbaum's Capabilities Approach and Freedom of Speech', in Francesca Panzironi & Katharine Gelber (eds). The Capability Approach: Development Practice and Public Policy in the Asia-Pacific Region, Routledge, London: 38-52.

Gelber, K 2012. 'Reconceptualising Counter-speech in Hate Speech Policy (with a Focus on Australia)', in Michael Herz & Peter Molnar (eds) The Content and Context of Hate Speech: Rethinking Regulation and Responses, Cambridge University Press, New York: 198-216.

Publications

Books (5)

Book Chapters (25)

Journal Articles (59)

Conference Papers (23)

Research Report (1)

Dataset Collection (1)

Working Paper (1)

Newspaper Articles (2)

Seminar Papers (5)

Generic Documents (3)

Books

Gelber, Katharine (2016). Free speech after 9/11. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.

Gelber, Katharine (2011). Speech matters: Getting free speech right. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: University of Queensland Press.

Vromen, Ariadne, Gelber, Katharine and Gauja, Anika (2009). Powerscape : Contemporary Australian politics. 2nd ed. ed. Crows Nest, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin. doi: 10.4324/9781003116769

Vromen, Ariadne and Gelber, Katharine (2004). Powerscape : Contemporary Australian political practice. Crows Nest, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin.

Gelber, Katharine (2002). Speaking back: the free speech versus hate speech debate. Amsterdam, the Netherlands: John Benjamins Publishing.

Book Chapters

Gelber, Katharine (2022). Free speech in Australia. Critical Perspectives on Human Rights Law in Australia: Volume 2. (pp. 517-534) edited by Paula Gerber and Melissa Castan. Pyrmont, NSW, Australia: Thomson Reuters.

Gelber, Katharine (2021). Speaking back. The Oxford handbook of freedom of speech. (pp. 249-265) edited by Adrienne Stone and Frederick Schauer. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198827580.013.15

Gelber, Katharine (2020). Post-memory and artefacts: the Gelber/Altschul Collection. Genocide perspectives VI: the process and the personal costs of genocide. (pp. 53-68) edited by Nikki Marczak and Kirril Shields. Sydney, NSW, Australia: UTS ePress. doi: 10.5130/aaf

Gelber, Katharine (2020). Capabilities and the law. The Cambridge handbook of the capability approach. (pp. 643-659) edited by Enrica Chiappero-Martinetti, Siddiqur Osmani and Mozaffar Qizilbash. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.

Gelber, Katharine (2020). Free speech debates in Australia: contemporary controversies. Free Speech Theory: Understanding the controversies. (pp. 183-203) edited by Helen Knowles and Brandon Metroka. New York, NY, United States: Peter Lang Publishing.

Gelber, Katharine and Stone, Adrienne (2017). Constitutions, gender and freedom of expression: the legal regulation of pornography. Constitutions and gender. (pp. 463-481) edited by Helen Irving. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar. doi: 10.4337/9781784716967

Gelber, Katharine (2016). Critical race theory and the constitutionality of hate speech regulation. The Critical Judgments Project: re-reading Monis v the Queen. (pp. 88-102) edited by Gabrielle Appleby and Rosalind Dixon. Annandale, NSW, Australia: Federation Press.

Dunne, Tim and Gelber, Katharine (2015). Argumentation and the responsibility to protect: the case of Libya. Human rights protection in global politics: responsibilities of states and non-state actors. (pp. 288-308) edited by Kurt Mills and David Jason Karp. Basingtoke, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan.

Gauja, Anika and Gelber, Katharine (2015). The French court. The High Court, the Constitution and Australian Politics. (pp. 311-326) edited by Rosalind Dixon and George Williams. Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/CBO9781107445253.016

Gelber, Katharine (2014). McLeod v Power [2003] FMCA 2: commentary. Australian Feminist Judgments: Righting and Rewriting Law. (pp. 405-408) edited by Francesca Bartlett, Trish Luker, Heather Douglas and Rosemary Hunter. Oxford, United Kingdom: Hart Publishing.

Gelber, Katharine (2012). Reconceptualizing counterspeech in hate-speech policy (with a focus on Australia). The content and context of hate speech : Rethinking regulation and responses. (pp. 198-216) edited by Michael E Herz and Peter Molnar. New York , NY, U.S.A.: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/CBO9781139042871.016

Gelber, Katharine (2012). Nussbaum’s capabilities approach and freedom of speech. The Capability Approach: Development Practice and Public Policy in the Asia-Pacific Region. (pp. 38-51) Taylor and Francis. doi: 10.4324/9780203116159-12

Gelber, Katharine (2012). Nussbaum's capabilities approach and freedom of speech. The capability approach: Development practice and public policy in the Asia-Pacific region. (pp. 38-52) edited by Francesca Panzironi and Katharine Gelber. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780203116159-11

Gelber, Katharine and Panzironi, Francesca (2012). Introduction. The Capability Approach: Development Practice and Public Policy in the Asia-Pacific Region. (pp. 1-6) edited by Francesca Panzironi and Katharine Gelber. London, United Kingdom: Taylor and Francis. doi: 10.4324/9780203116159-8

Gelber, Katharine and Panzironi, Francesca (2012). Introduction. The capability approach: development practice and public policy in the Asia-Pacific region. (pp. 1-6) edited by Francesca Panzironi and Katharine Gelber. London, United Kingdom: Routledge.

Gelber, Katharine (2012). 'Speaking back': the likely fate of hate speech policy in the United States and Australia. Speech and harm: controversies over free speech. (pp. 50-71) edited by Ishani Maitra and Mary Kate McGowan. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199236282.003.0003

Gelber, Katharine (2012). The courts. Contemporary politics in Australia: theories, practices and issues. (pp. 260-270) edited by Rodney Smith, Ariadne Vromen and Ian Cook. Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Cambridge University Press.

Gelber, Katharine (2011). Religion and freedom of speech in Australia. Law and religion in public life: The contemporary debate. (pp. 95-111) edited by Richard Mohr and Nadirsyah Hosen. Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780203816967

Gelber, Katharine (2011). The role of the Constitution in major social conflicts. The German Constitution Turns 60 : Basic Law and Commonwealth Constitution, German and Australian Perspectives. (pp. 129-144) edited by Jurgen Brohmer. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Peter Lang Publishing.

Gelber, Katharine (2007). Citizens engaging and communicating with government. Government communication in Australia. (pp. 270-283) edited by Sally Young. Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Cambridge University Press.

Gelber, Katharine (2007). Privileged discourses of hate in Australia and Germany : The Holocaust and the Stolen Generations. Polyculturalism and discourse. (pp. 91-120) edited by Anja Schwarz and Russell West-Pavlov. Amsterdam: Rodopi.

Gelber, Katharine and Stone, Adrienne (2007). Introduction. Hate speech and freedom of speech in Australia. (pp. xiii-xvii) edited by Katharine Gelber and Adrienne Stone. Sydney: Federation Press.

Gelber, Katharine (2007). When are restrictions on speech justified in the war on terror?. Law and liberty in the war on terror. (pp. 138-146) edited by Andrew Lynch, Edwina Macdonald and George Williams. Sydney: Federation Press.

Gelber, Katharine (2007). Hate speech and the Australian legal and political landscape. Hate speech and freedom of speech in Australia. (pp. 2-19) edited by Katharine Gelber and Adrienne Stone. Annandale, NSW, Australia: Federation Press.

Gelber, Katharine (2005). Australia as international human rights citizen: Understanding national interest. Who's Australia - Whose Australia? Contemporary politics, society and culture in Australia. (pp. 11-30) edited by Russell West-Pavlov. Trier, Germany: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier.

Journal Articles

Gelber, Katharine, Brennan, Katie, Duriesmith, David and Fenton, Ellyse (2022). Gendered mundanities: gender bias in student evaluations of teaching in political science. Australian Journal of Political Science, 57 (2), 1-22. doi: 10.1080/10361146.2022.2043241

Gelber, Katharine (2021). Differentiating hate speech: a systemic discrimination approach. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 24 (4), 393-414. doi: 10.1080/13698230.2019.1576006

Gelber, Katharine and O’Sullivan, Siobhan (2020). Cat got your tongue? Free speech, democracy and Australia’s ‘ag-gag’ laws. Australian Journal of Political Science, 56 (1), 1-16. doi: 10.1080/10361146.2020.1799938

Gelber, Katharine (2019). The precarious protection of free speech in Australia: the Banerji case. Australian Journal of Human Rights, 25 (3), 511-519. doi: 10.1080/1323238X.2019.1690833

Gelber, Katharine (2019). Norms, institutions and freedom of speech in the US, the UK and Australia. Journal of Public Policy, 41 (2), 1-19. doi: 10.1017/s0143814x19000187

Gelber, Katharine (2019). Terrorist-extremist speech and hate speech: understanding the similarities and differences. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 22 (3), 607-622. doi: 10.1007/s10677-019-10013-x

Gelber, Katharine (2019). The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 70: protection of human rights in Australia*. Australian Journal of International Affairs, 73 (4), 1-7. doi: 10.1080/10357718.2019.1631250

Gelber, Katharine (2018). Incitement to hatred and countering terrorism: policy confusion in the UK and Australia. Parliamentary Affairs, 71 (1), 28-49. doi: 10.1093/pa/gsx008

Gelber, Katharine (2017). Hate speech - Definitions and empirical evidence. Constitutional Commentary, 32 (3), 619-629.

Gelber, Katharine (2017). Diagonal accountability: freedom of speech in Australia. Australian Journal of Human Rights, 23 (2), 203-219. doi: 10.1080/1323238X.2017.1363371

Gelber, Katharine (2017). Book review of 'Hate speech and democratic citizenship' by Eric Heinze, OUP, 2016. Public Law, 2017 (July), 534-537.

Gelber, Katharine (2016). Book Review of 'Free Speech Under Attack'. Australian Journal of Human Rights, 20 (2), 217-221.

Gelber, Katharine and McNamara, Luke (2016). Anti-vilification laws and public racism in Australia: mapping the gaps between the harm occasioned and the remedies provided. University of New South Wales Law Journal, 39 (2), 488-511.

Gelber, Katharine and McNamara, Luke (2016). Evidencing the harms of hate speech. Social Identities, 22 (3), 324-341. doi: 10.1080/13504630.2015.1128810

Gelber, Katharine and McNamara, Luke (2015). The effects of civil hate speech laws: lessons from Australia. Law and Society Review, 49 (3), 631-664. doi: 10.1111/lasr.12152

Gelber, Katharine (2015). Combatting hate in cyberspace: Book review of "Hate Crimes in Cyberspace" and "Viral Hate". Australian Review of Public Affairs (Digest) (June)

Dunne, Tim and Gelber, Katharine (2015). Text and Context in the Responsibility to Protect: A Reply to Hehir. Global Responsibility to Protect, 7 (2), 225-233. doi: 10.1163/1875984X-00702008

Dunne, Tim and Gelber, Katharine (2014). Arguing matters: the responsibility to protect and the case of Libya. Global Responsibility to Protect, 6 (3), 326-349. doi: 10.1163/1875984X-00603004

Gelber, Katharine and McNamara, Luke (2014). Changes in the expression of prejudice in public discourse in Australia: assessing the impact of hate speech laws on letters to the editor 1992-2010. Australian journal of human rights, 20 (1), 99-128. doi: 10.1080/1323-238X.2014.11882142

Gelber, Katharine and McNamara, Luke (2014). Private litigation to address a public wrong: a study of Australia's regulatory response to "Hate Speech". Civil Justice Quarterly, 33 (3), 307-334.

Gelber, Katharine and McNamara, Luke (2013). Freedom of speech and racial vilification in Australia: 'The Bolt case' in public discourse. Australian Journal of Political Science, 48 (4), 470-484. doi: 10.1080/10361146.2013.842540

Gelber, Katharine (2013). Secrecy provisions in Australian counter-terrorism policy: violating international human rights standards?. Australian Journal of Human Rights, 19 (2), 25-46. doi: 10.1080/1323-238X.2013.11882125

Gelber, Katharine (2013). Brettschneider, Corey: "When the State Speaks, What Should It Say? How Democracies Can Protect Expression and Promote Equality". Ethics, 124 (1), 177-181. doi: 10.1086/671405

Gelber, Katharine (2012). Generational challenges in Australian political studies. Australian Journal of Political Science, 47 (4), 703-719. doi: 10.1080/10361146.2012.731483

Gelber, Katharine (2012). Book Review of 'The Harm in Hate Speech' by Jeremy Waldron. Times Higher Education, 49-49.

Gelber, Katharine (2012). Political culture, flag use and freedom of speech. Political Studies, 60 (1), 163-179. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9248.2011.00893.x

Gelber, Katharine and Panzironi, Francesca (2012). Introduction. The Capability Approach: Development Practice and Public Policy in the Asia-Pacific Region, 1-6. doi: 10.4324/9780203116159-8

Gelber, Katharine (2012). Book reviews: Australian and New Zealand politics: ‘WikiLeaks and the age of transparency’. Australian Journal of Political Science, 47 (2), 326-329. doi: 10.1080/10361146.2012.677402

Gauja, Anika and Gelber, Katharine (2011). High Court review 2010: The resurgence of rights?. Australian Journal of Political Science, 46 (4), 683-698. doi: 10.1080/10361146.2011.623664

Gelber, Katharine (2011). Freedom of speech and Australian political culture. The University of Queensland Law Journal, 30 (1), 135-144.

Harris, Rachel and Gelber, Katharine (2011). Defining 'De Facto' slavery in Australia: Ownership, consent and the defence of freedom. International Criminal Law Review, 11 (3), 561-578. doi: 10.1163/157181211X576429

Gelber, Katharine (2010). Freedom of political speech, hate speech and the argument from democracy: The transformative contribution of capabilities theory. Contemporary Political Theory, 9 (3), 304-324. doi: 10.1057/cpt.2009.8

Gelber, Katharine (2010). Capability theory and freedom of speech. Human Rights Defender, 19 (1), 2-4.

Gelber, Katharine (2009). Freedom of speech and a bill of rights. Australian Review of Public Affairs: Digest.

Gelber, Katharine (2009). Public Policy and Immigrant Settlement, by Deborah A. Cobb-Clark and Siew-Ean Khoo. The Economic Record, 85 (269), 228-229. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2009.00560.x

Gelber, Katharine (2009). Book Reviews: The High Court and the Constitution, 5th ed. Australian Journal of Political Science, 44 (2), 365-366. doi: 10.1080/10361140902865357

Gelber, Katharine (2009). Academic freedom and the ‘intellectual diversity’ movement in Australia. Australian Journal of Human Rights, 14 (2), 95-114. doi: 10.1080/1323238X.2009.11910856

Gelber, Katharine (2009). The false analogy between vilification and sedition. Melbourne University Law Review, 33 (1), 270-291.

Gelber, Katharine (2008). Academic freedom in Australia. Australian Review of Public Affairs Digest, 2008.

Gelber, Katharine (2008). Academic freedom for whom?. On Line Opinion (7584)

Gelber, Katharine (2007). Contested words: Legal restrictions on freedom of speech in liberal democracies. Melbourne University Law Review, 31 (1), 315-319.

Kildea, Paul and Gelber, Katharine (2007). High Court Review 2006: Australian federalism - implications of the WorkChoices decision. Australian Journal of Political Science, 42 (4), 649-664. doi: 10.1080/10361140701595817

Gelber, Katharine (2006). High Court Review 2005: The manifestation of separation of powers in Australia. Australian Journal of Political Science, 41 (3), 437-453. doi: 10.1080/10361140600849026

Gelber, Katharine (2006). Book reviews: Australia and the birth of the international bill of human rights. Australian Journal of Political Science, 41 (3), 467-468. doi: 10.1080/10361140600849059

Burke, Anthony and Gelber, Katharine (2006). Can human rights save us?: [Australia needs a Bill of Rights, but on what terms?]. Arena Magazine (80), 43-45.

Gelber, Katharine (2006). Distracting the masses: Art, local government and freedom of political speech in Australia. Law Text Culture, 10, 194-219.

Gelber, Katharine and McDonald, Matt (2006). Ethics and exclusion: Representations of sovereignty in Australia's approach to asylum-seekers. Review of International Studies, 32 (2), 269-289. doi: 10.1017/S0260210506007029

Gelber, Katharine (2005). Racist views vs freedom of speech: a complex and cherished freedom. Advocate, 12 (3), 32-33.

Gelber, Katharine (2005). Political speech practice in Australia: a study in local government powers. Australian Journal of Human Rights, 11 (1), 203-231. doi: 10.1080/1323238X.2005.11910798

Gelber, Katharine (2005). Alex Conte, Scott Davidson and Richard Burchill, Defining Civil and Political Rights: The Jurisprudence of the United Nations Human Rights Committee. Australian Journal of Political Science, 40 (3), 473-473. doi: 10.1080/10361140500204041

Gelber, Katharine (2005). Political Speech Practice in Australia: a study in local government powers. Australian Journal of Human Rights, 41 (1), 203-231.

Gelber, Katharine (2005). Hate speech in Australia: Emerging questions. University of New South Wales Law Journal, 28 (3), 861-867.

Gelber, Katharine (2005). High Court Review 2004: Limits on the judicial protection of rights. Australian Journal of Political Science, 40 (2), 307-322. doi: 10.1080/10361140500130022

Gelber, Katharine (2004). High Court review 2003: the centenary year. Australian Journal of Political Science, 39 (2), 331-347. doi: 10.1080/1036114042000238546

Gelber, Katharine (2003). Pedestrian Malls, Local Government and Free Speech Policy in Australia. Policy and Society, 22 (2), 22-49. doi: 10.1016/S1449-4035(03)70018-6

Gelber, Katharine (2003). A fair queue? Australian public discourse on refugees and immigration. Journal of Australian Studies, 27 (77), 23-30. doi: 10.1080/14443050309387848

Gelber, Katharine (2000). Hate crimes: public policy implications of the inclusion of gender. Australian Journal of Political Science, 35 (2), 275-289. doi: 10.1080/713649322

Gelber, Katharine (2000). Implementing Racial Anti-vilification Laws in New South Wales 1989-1998: A Study. Australian Journal of Public Administration, 59 (1), 13-23. doi: 10.1111/1467-8500.t01-1-00136

Gelber, Katharine (1999). Treaties and Intergovernmental Relations in Australia: Political Implications of the Toonen Case. Australian Journal of Politics and History, 45 (3), 330-345. doi: 10.1111/1467-8497.00068

Conference Papers

Katharine Gelber (2016). Free speech after 9/11. 24th World Congress of Political Science, Poznan, Poland, 23-28 July 2016. N/A:

Katharine Gelber and Luke McNamara (2016). Experiences of public racism in Australia and the scope of anti-vilification laws. Australian Human Rights Commission Seminar, Sydney, 15 April.

Katharine Gelber (2016). Online Speech and Free Speech Doctrine - Emerging Trends. Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department Constitutional Law Symposium, Canberra, 3 November 2016. Attorney General's Department.

McNamara, Luke and Gelber, Katharine (2015). The impact of section 18C and other civil anti-vilification laws in Australia. Racial Discrimination Act +40 Symposium, Sydney, NSW Australia, 19-20 February 2015. Sydney, NSW Australia: Australian Human Rights Commission.

Gelber, Katharine (2014). Free speech after 9/11. Law Day Panel: Preserving Liberty and Security in Fighting Terrorism, Hanover, NH, USA, 2 May, 2014.

Gelber, Katharine (2014). Free Speech after 9/11. American Political Studies Association Conference, Washington D. C., USA, 28 - 31 August 2014.

Gelber, Katharine (2014). Free Speech After 9/11. Conference of the Australian Political Studies Association, University of Sydney, Australia, 28 September - 1 October 2014.

Gelber, Katharine (2014). The role of social scientists in understanding Australia's changing landscape. The Future Workforce of Australian Social Science, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 24-25 July 2014.

Gelber, Katharine (2014). Monis v The Queen: A-G South Australia v City of Adelaide - Consequences for Freedom of Expression. Constitutional Law Conference, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 14 February 2014.

Gelber, Katharine and McNamara, Luke (2014). Private litigation to address a public wrong: a study of Australia's regulatory response to 'hate speech'. 2014 Law and Society Association of Australia and New Zealand Conference, Public and/or Private Lives, St. Lucia, QLD, Australia, 3-5 December, 2014. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.

Gelber, Katharine and McNamara, Luke (2013). Hate speech laws: lessons from a jurisdiction that has them. Philosophy Department Seminar, Wellesley, MA, USA, 28 March, 2013.

Gelber, Katharine (2013). Universalism, freedom of speech, and the capabilities approach. Philosophy Department Sapientia Lecture Series, Hanover, NH, USA, 29 March, 2013.

Gelber, Katharine (2013). New developments in political speech case law. 3rd Biennial Electoral Regulation Research Network Workshop, St Lucia, QLD, Australia, 31 October-1 November, 2013. Carlton, VIC, Australia: Melbourne Law School.

Gelber, Katharine and McNamara, Luke (2013). Regulating hate speech and racial vilification. Forum on Human Rights Research Conference 2013: Genocide and Human Rights in the Era of the United Nations, Wollongong, NSW, Australia, 9-10 December, 2013.

Dunne, Tim and Gelber, Katharine (2013). Arguing matters: the responsibility to protect and Libya. ISA 2013: International Studies Association Pre-Conference Workshop, San Francisco, CA, United States, 2 April, 2013.

Gelber, Katharine (2013). Nondisclosure and preventative detention: international human rights standards in Australian counter terrorism policy. APSA 2013: Australian Political Studies Association Annual Conference 2013, Perth, WA, Australia, 30 September-1 October, 2013.

Gelber, Katharine and McNamara, Luke (2013). The "Bolt case" and its aftermath: freedom of speech and racial vilification in public discourse in Australia. APSA 2013: Australian Political Studies Association Annual Conference 2013, Perth, WA, Australia, 30 September-1 October, 2013.

Gelber, Katharine and McNamara, Luke (2012). The impact of hate speech laws on public discourse in Australia: 1989-2009. Australian Political Science Association Conference (APSA) 2012, Hobart, Australia, 24-26 September 2012.

Gelber, Katharine (2010). Speech Matters: Freedom of speech in Australian political culture. Australian Political Studies Association Conference 2010, Melbourne, Australia, 27-29 September 2010. Melbourne, Australia: Australian Political Science Association (APSA).

Gelber, Katharine (2010). Freedom of speech in the post-9/11 world. Joint ISA-APSA-IPSA Human Rights Sections Conference: Assessing the State of Human Rights Nine Years After 9/11, Chicago, IL, United States, 19-20 June 2010.

Gelber, Kath (2010). Speech matters: Freedom of speech in Australia. Legal Intersections Research Centre Seminar 2010, Wollongong, N.S.W., Australia, 31 March 2010. Wollongong, N.S.W., Australia: University of Wollongong.

Gelber, Katharine (2009). The right to protest in Australian political culture. APSA Conference 2009: Australian Political Studies Association Annual Conference, North Ryde, NSW, Australia, 27-30 September 2009. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Discipline of Politics and International Relations, Department of Modern History, Politics, International Relations and Security, Macquarie University.

Gelber, Katharine (2008). What is political speech? Beyond content and conceptual inconstancy. APSA 2008: Australian Political Science Association 2008 Conference. Labor and social inclusion: A new direction for social policy?, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 6-9 July 2008. St. Lucia, QLD, Australia: School of Political Science and International Relations, The University of Queensland.

Research Report

Singpeng, Aim, Martin, Fiona, Gelber, Katharine and Shields, Kirril (2021). Facebook: regulating hate speech in the Asia Pacific. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Dept. Media and Communications, The University of Sydney, and The School of Political Science and International Studies, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.25910/j09v-sq57

Dataset Collection

Gelber, Katharine and McNamara, Luke (2015). Letters to the editor: the impact of hate speech laws on public discourse in Australia. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/uql.2015.766

Working Paper

Gelber, Katharine (2005). Beyond Australia's first Bill of Rights: engendering public debate. Democratic Audit of Australia: Discussion papers.

Newspaper Articles

Newton, Giselle , Macmillan, Caitlin and Gelber, Katharine (2023, 03 08). Qld agrees to allow donor-conceived people the right to know the identity of their donor. Here’s why it’s important The Conversation

Gelber, Katharine (2018, 11 10). Book review of 'Speaking Up' by Gillian Triggs Sydney Morning Herald 29-29.

Seminar Papers

Gelber, Katharine (2015). Free Speech After 9/11. AAA-University of Queensland Lecture Lunch. American Australian Association, American Australian Association.

Gelber, Katharine (2015). Free Speech After 9/11. Department of Political Science, Lund University.

Gelber, Katharine (2015). Free Speech After 9/11. Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen.

Gelber, Katharine (2015). Free Speech After 9/11. Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia.

Dunne, Tim and Gelber, Katharine (2013). Communicative action and the responsibility to protect: the case of Libya. The Future of Responsibility to Protect. Globalisation and Governance Research Network, and Australian Human Rights Centre, University of New South Wales.

Generic Documents

Gelber, Katharine and McNamara, Luke (2014). Submission to the Attorney General's Office regarding the federal government's exposure draft Freedom of Speech (Repeal of s18C) Bill 2014.

Burnside, Julian, Gelber, Katharine, Saul, Ben, Fraser, Michael, Cassidy, Bonny and Rodriguez, Zoe (2010). Julian Burnside on freedom of expression. ABC.

Gelber, Katharine (2010). Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee: National Security Legislation Amendment Bill 2010. Senate, Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee.

Areas of research

Governance & Public Policy